Improvement in combination tool



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Lettersl Pate/nt No. 102,105, dated April 19, 1870.

IMPROVEMENT. IN COMBINATION TOOL.

The Schedule referred to in these Letters Patent and .making part of the same Io all whom it may conce/rn.- Be it known that I, CALVIN A. FOSTER, of Fitchburg, in the county of Worcester and Commonwealth of Massachusetts, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in- Combination Tools ;A and I do -hereby declare that the following is a full, clear, and

exact description of the same, reference being had to the accompanying drawings forming part of this specitication, iu which- Figure l represents a side view, and

Figure 2 represents a front viewof my improved combination tool.

To enable those skilled in the art to .which my invention belongs to make and` use the saine, I will proceed to describe it more in detail.

. 4 The nature of my invention consists a combination tool comprising uippers, shears, punch, and awl,

the parts being constructed and combined as shown and described.

In the drawingsl The parts marked A A are the'cential disks, fro1n which project the handles B B and jaws C C', D D',

` per 'one C being provided with a cutter, b, and the lower one. C with a face-plate, c, on which the edge 'of the cutter b descends.

The jaws D D' are arranged to be used as nippers,

and their faces may be .serrated or notched, to insure a firm hold, if desired.

The jaws E E are arranged for shears, one, E, being provided with acutter-blade, F, and the other, E', with a ,cutter-guard, F', between which latter and the jaw E is a space, e, just suicient to receive the blade F, and into which said blade passes as the jaws E E are closed. y

Slots f are formed in the cutter-blade F, through which pass the screws d that secure said cutter F' to the jaw E, and, by loosening the screws d, the blade F `may be set forward, to compensate for its wearing away in use.

The jaw E is prolonged beyond the cutter-blade F, and its extremityis rounded and pointed, to form au awl, G, as indicated in the drawings. 'l

A spring, H, is attached to the "handle B, which presses against the handle B', and thereby opens the Jaws. l -I It will be seen from the ibregoing' description that lmy improved combinationv tool consists of nippcrs,

shears, punch, and awl, combined in a very neat and substantial manner, and forming a tool which is well adapted. to practical use lin a great variety of Operations, among a large class of artificers.

Having described my improved combination tool,

What I claim therein as new and of my invention, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

The combination tool, consisting of the disks A A', handles B B', jaws C C', I)` D', and E E', and awl G, constructed and arranged substantially as described.

CALVIN A. FOSTER.

Witnesses: K

Trios. H. DODGE, GEO. H. MILLER. 

